OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14561997
CHAMPION ALUMINUM CORP. DBA CHAMPION WINDOW & DOOR
SYOSSET, NY·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by improperly stacked material
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a Caterpillar V60C forklift, type G, serial #31S1316, with an extended fork attachment to remove aluminum stock from a stockpile at the ea st side of an open yard at a building site. He sustained fatal crushing injuries to his body when the improperly stacked aluminum bundles fell onto him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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